From where do we get the students to attend Anchorsaway?

It is important to contact and secure Christian students who are leaders and whose walk is reflective of the Christian worldview. One or two per school are all that are needed. They will supply the names of friends who then can ask their friends.

Youth Pastors, school volunteers, parachurch leaders and students are essential resources to secure the names of students. A student who is in a school club or on a school team can hand out invitations as well. For example, a Small Group Leader’s son may play on a football team and would like to give fliers to many of those on his team.

Students who are leaving after their junior year of school are invited to attend. Students younger than a junior should not be included.

College students are invited to attend at any time. Some want to come just for the teaching session, which is also permissible.

Most all of the invitations (with some exceptions) should be handed out by the students themselves. It should be a student-driven process, as much as possible. Select one or two students from several high schools, a few weeks before the other students hear about Anchorsaway, and put them in charge of handing out the invitation fliers in their respective schools. Ask them to call you and let you know how many students they think will be attending. The senior students from the year before should give their Small Group Leaders some names of juniors that they would like to have invited the following year. The Small Group Leaders are assigned to a school in the area in which they are familiar. They will make contact with a student who is a Christian leader in that school. If the student is anxious to participate in the Anchorsaway program, they will be asked to contact prospective students from a list prepared by the program’s Administrator. These students will also be asked to invite their peers.